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City of Pontiac v. UBS AG

Banking Law, Class Actions, International Law, Securities Law
Dismissal of a putative class action against defendant and certain of its officers and directors alleging violations of the Securities Exchange Act of...

Loeffler v. Target Corporation

Administrative Law, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law, Tax Law
Dismissal of an action brought by plaintiff-consumers seeking a refund of allegedly unlawful sales tax charges on defendant's sales of hot coffee sold...

Keiler v. Harlequin Enterprises LTD

Class Actions, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Entertainment Law, Media Law
Dismissal of a complaint alleging that defendants breached publishing agreements by paying plaintiff-authors artificially low royalties on the sales...

Carpenters Pension Trust Fund v. Barclays PLC

Class Actions, Securities Law
Dismissal of plaintiffs' securities fraud claims alleging that defendants willfully misrepresented defendant-bank's borrowing costs between 2007 and...

Stockwell v. City and County of San Francisco

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
The district court's denial of a request for certification of a class composed of certain San Francisco police officers is reversed and remanded,...

Cutrone v. Mortgage Electronic Registration Sys., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions
In a putative class action, the district court's judgment is vacated where: 1) Molter v. Starbucks Coffee (2d Cir. 2010) applies to actions removed...

Perkin v. San Diego Gas & Electric Co.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities
Dismissal of plaintiff's claims seeking to recover for fire-related losses is affirmed, where: 1) plaintiff's claims are barred the applicable statute...

Eldee-K Rental Properties v. DIRECTV

Injury & Tort Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Media Law, Class Actions, Communications Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Dismissal of plaintiff's action seeking to certify a class of all landlords who own and lease residential multiple dwelling units in the United States...

Imburgia v. DIRECTV

Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, False Advertising
The trial court properly denied defendant's motion to compel arbitration of a class action alleging that defendant improperly charged early...

Block v. Ebay, Inc.

Class Actions, Contracts, Cyberspace Law, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's diversity putative class action, alleging that ebay.com's Automatic Bidding system breached two provisions of eBay's User...